When it comes to photography equipment, good lenses are one of the best things you can spend your money on. An entry-level camera with a high quality lens can take stunning pictures but the reverse is not necessarily true. In other words, you get way more bang for your buck when investing in good glass than in just a good body.
Picking a lens for portrait photography is a tough decision, but we are here to help make it easier. We'll talk about some of the things to look for when choosing a lens for portrait photography and tell you about some of our favorites.
There are two major types of lenses: zooms and primes. Zoom lenses come in variable focal ranges (such as 24-70mm, 70-200mm, etc.), making each lens extremely versatile. Zoom lenses make it easy for you to take a wide variety of photos without ever having to switch out your gear. Prime lenses have fixed focal lengths (24mm, 35mm, 50mm, etc.) and often provide superior clarity and image quality (but you pay for it in lack of flexibility). They are also typically smaller and lighter to carry around than a zoom lens, but not always – some prime lenses are quite beefy. Many professional portrait photographers prefer primes because they tend to have faster maximum apertures.
One of the first things you will need to decide is what focal length is right for your needs. The best focal length for portrait photography depends on many things, including the available space where you will be shooting, the number of people in the frame, how much of the nearby environment you want to include, and how close you want to be to your subjects. Focal lengths from 35mm to 200mm are common for portrait photography, depending on the subject, style, and preferences of the photographer.
If you only want to carry around one lens, you may want to look for a zoom. Zoom lenses will give you a lot of options when it comes to focal lengths. A lens like a 24-105mm will let you capture various framing styles without ever swapping lenses or even changing positions. If you plan to shoot primes and want to use various focal lengths, you will have to carry multiple lenses. Many professional photographers get around having to constantly swap out prime lenses by using two camera bodies with different focal length primes mounted.
If you are planning to shoot larger groups of people, you will probably want a wider lens that is able to capture more people in a frame, such as a 35mm. It is important to remember, however, that wider lenses will cause more distortion – especially when you get wider than 35mm. If you don't want the people on the outside edge of your photo to look bigger/more stretched than those toward the middle, don't use a super wide lens. Remember, if you're shooting outside or in large spaces you can always just move back to include more people in the frame.
If you will be shooting outdoors in wide areas, you have a lot of options for lenses but if your sessions will be taking place in a more confined environment, you will want something wider. A 70-200mm zoom or 85mm prime lens will be great if you have a lot of room to work but inside someone's house you will probably want a shorter focal length. 50mm is a good standard length for most environments.
You know how sometimes in portrait photography the subject is in focus and the background has a beautiful blur? That blur is called bokeh. The larger the aperture (and, thus, the lower the f-stop number), the more bokeh you will get. If that blur is important to you, look for a lens that can shoot at a wider aperture such as f/2.8, f/1.8, or even f/1.2. A larger aperture will give your images a shallower depth of field and allow for better low light performance.
An important thing to remember when picking out a lens for portrait photography is that the body you will be shooting on will impact the effective focal length of your lens. In other words, the same lens will act longer on a crop sensor camera than on a full frame one. For example, a 50mm lens on a crop sensor camera will give you an effective focal length of around 75mm. Keep this in mind when deciding how long you want your lens to be. Get more advice in New DSLR Owners: What You Must Know About Full Frame vs Crop Frame Sensors Before Choosing a Lens.
Once you've figured out what you're looking for in a portrait lens, you have a lot of good options to choose from. These are some of our favorite portrait lenses for Canon shooters.
The Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II is very high quality and has a very fast maximum aperture that is perfect for low depth-of-field portraiture and still life work. It features a Super Spectra coating to suppress flare and ghosting and is also weather-sealed for safe outdoor shooting. It can be paired with both full frame and with crop frame sensor cameras. This lens supports Power AF and video shooters will not able to adjust focus on this lens while video is rolling, so it might not be a good choice for hybrid shooters. At nearly 3 lbs, it's also on the larger side.
Be sure to also check out Sigma's 85mm f/1.4 Art lens, available in both Canon EF and Nikon F mount. The fast, quiet AF is good for video shooting and a special Super Multi Coating allows for higher contrast and color fidelity. With a fast maximum aperture of f/1.4, this lens is well suited for beautiful out of focus backgrounds for portraits as well as natural and low-light shooting – though it's not quite as fast as the Canon's f/1.2L version. Canon also has their own f/1.4L version that ditches the Power AF feature and includes Images Stabilization.
Equipped with panning-friendly Image Stabilization modes and a Focus Range Limiter, the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens is ideal for wildlife and sports shooters. But it's also one of Canon's most popular L series lenses for portrait work. The subject-to-background distance potentials of this lens provide exceptional out-of-focus backgrounds for beautiful separation of your model and the environment – even in busy, distracting locations. This makes the lens perfect for outdoor portraits. It's long length makes it less suitable for small studios.
For an updated version of this lens with enhanced clarity and greater flare suppression, be sure to check out the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS III lens. The primary advantage of the Mark III version is seen when shooting back-lit subjects. Otherwise, the Mark II performs just as well and remains one of our top rentals of all time.
This lens is the quintessential portrait lens. It has very high optical quality, beautiful bokeh, and has a nice weight and shape to it, making it a joy to shoot with. It features a Super Spectra coating to suppress flare and ghosting and is also weather-sealed for safe outdoor shooting. It can be paired with both full frame and crop frame sensor cameras. This is a "normal length" prime, meaning that its field of view feels "natural" and best approximates – basically – how the human eye sees. For this reason, a 50mm is an ideal lens to start out with in photography, giving you the freedom to learn composition and style using a kind of "universal starting point" for imaging. This lens in particular is a favorite among portrait and street photographers.
The original Canon 35mm f/1.4L is a beloved lens for group portraits and events and excels for low depth-of-field and low light shooting. This newer version is constructed with Blue Spectrum Refractive Optics, which refracts shorter wavelengths of the visible spectrum (blue light) in order to significantly reduce chromatic aberrations and color fringing and also allows for better low-light results. It also features a slighter better minimum focusing distance and maximum magnification for closeup subjects. Built specifically with the quality and resolving power necessary for the latest high megapixel cameras, this lens will remain a popular choice for years to come.
The 24-70mm zoom range is among the most versatile available. For this reason, it's a superb choice for shooters who just aren't sure what to get. You will likely end up falling in love with the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L II like so many others already have. Along with the 70-200mm, it's our most popular lens. It's as powerful for everyday candids as it is for specialty work, including landscapes, events, portraits, and still life. A high-speed CPU with optimized AF algorithms ensures a fast and silent AF, making it a good choice for vloggers and videographers as well. For the coverage it offers, this lens is remarkably portable and easy to handle. It's a great choice for novices and seasoned shooters alike.
Photographers who shoot Nikon have a wide range of quality portrait lenses to choose from. As with the Canon options above, these lenses all produce beautiful images in a variety of settings. These are some of our favorite portrait lenses for Nikon shooters.
The Nikon 85mm f/1.4G is a high performance classic portrait lens with an internal focusing mechanism that keeps the lens stable during use and won't change the direction of a polarizing filter or lens hood. Quickly change between manual focus and autofocus silently for video recording thanks to the M/A switch and Nikon's Silent Wave Motor. This lens can be paired with both full frame and with crop frame sensor cameras. This is prime is well suited for beautiful out of focus backgrounds for portraits as well as natural and low-light shooting – though it's not quite as fast as the Canon's f/1.2L version. This is due to the narrower style of Nikon's F mount, allowing modern F mount DSLRs to pair with even some of the oldest Nikon lenses.
Nikon's innovative Vibration Reduction system reduces the appearance of camera shake even when shooting at slower shutter speeds – which is a great feature to have on a longer lens like this one. The subject-to-background distance potentials of this lens provide exceptional out-of-focus backgrounds for beautiful separation of your model and the environment – even in busy, distracting locations. This makes the lens perfect for outdoor portraits. It's long length makes it less suitable for small studios. For portraits, the f/2.8G will serve you well but if you're heavy into sports and wildlife, you may want to take a look at a slightly updated version of this lens, the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8E, which offers enhanced handling, better weather sealing, improved image stabilization, and a more consistent exposure during burst shooting thanks to a newly-designed electromagnetic diaphragm system that syncs with your camera's shutter (versus the mechanical linkage levers of blades in D/G lenses).
This lens is a definitive portrait tool with very high optical quality and beautiful bokeh. It can be paired with both full frame and crop frame sensor cameras. The Silent Wave Motor keeps the autofocus quick and quiet and the Super Integrated Coating delivers superior color rendering and suppresses ghosting. This is a "normal length" prime, meaning that its field of view feels "natural" and best approximates – basically – how the human eye sees. For this reason, a 50mm is an ideal lens to start out with in photography, giving you the freedom to learn composition and style using a kind of "universal starting point" for imaging. This lens in particular is a favorite among portrait and street photographers.
With a classic semi-wide angle of view, the Nikon 35mm f/1.4G is very versatile for a fixed-length lens. It's wide enough to capture scenery but long enough to produce pleasing portraits without distortion. It sports an internal focusing mechanism that keeps the lens stable during use and won't change the direction of a polarizing filter or lens hood. Fast enough for low-light shooting and quiet enough for ceremonies, this is a must-have tool for those who shoot scenery as often as they do people.
The 24-70mm zoom range is among the most versatile available. For this reason, it's a superb choice for shooters who just aren't sure what to get. You will likely end up falling in love with the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G like so many others already have. Along with the 70-200mm, it's our most popular lens. It's as powerful for everyday candids as it is for specialty work, including landscapes, events, portraits, and still life. Super Integrated and Exclusive Nano Crystal Coatings reduce ghosting and flare for enhanced image clarity while a direct manual focus override gives you precise control for fast and simple focus changes. It's a great choice for novices and seasoned shooters alike.
With so many options on the market, picking the perfect portrait lens can be a challenge — and a lot of the time the choice comes down to personal preference. If you are trying to decide whether to go zoom or prime and what focal lengths are ideal for your portrait photography, it may be useful to take a few lenses for a spin before making your purchase. Nothing gives you an idea of how a lens will work for you quite like mounting it to the front of your camera and trying it out in the real world. Renting lenses is a great way to be sure that you are making smart decisions with your money.
Sorry to say but you forgot 135L for tight head shot portraits or portraits where there are more open spaces. The bokeh is spectacular! If you have to list only 5 for canon, I think 135L beats 50, 35 and 24-70 II. So the worst of these three can be removed and replaced with 135L. My 135 portraits are very personal so I dont share, but bokeh is astounding.
Hi! Shankar, I likes your explanation. I'm planning to buy soon this EF 135mm f/2L USM. Please tell me. Is EF 135mm applicable for shooting video? I'll use it mostly for video capture with 5D Mark III. Currently using EF 24-105mm f/4 IS USM. Is it worth buying 135mm after having 24-105mm?
I recommend not to buy 135L since you have 24-105L IS USM for Video unless you take portrait more than video. Most Video photographer like their 24-105L IS USM.
If you plan to shoot video at night then consider looking into lower F-Stop like f1.2 to f2.8. Are you going to use Zoom for video or going to use Prime mostly? Consider what you need to do Video.
I shoot with my Canon 5D Mark 4 with Canon 24-70L f2.8 mark 2, Canon 70-200L f2.8 mark 2, Canon 35L f1.4 mark 2 and 50 f1.4 and 85 f1.8 and 24-105 L f4.
I like all of my canon lens and each one has it own purposes. I recommend you should rent the lens before you tried to purchase Canon 135L.
Just my suggestion, rent the lens first before buying. Go to your nearest camera store to see if you can rent the lens from them or go online and rent the lens.
Thank you very much for your suggestions. I've bought EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM and now planning to buy EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM soon.
Canon lenses are better for portraiture, as anyone who has carefully used both Canon and Nikon lenses can attest… Nikon glass has its place, particularly for wide angle (12-24) or macro work, but it can't compare to the likes of the 85mm 1.2 L ii lens for portraits and bokeh. Sorry Nikon fanboys, you can't fool me — I own BOTH systems with their respective lenses and know whereof I speak….
Funny, I always figured that the lens is a minor factor in making a great photo, but I somehow doubt your judgement owning a canon and a nikon system myself. Knowing that I don't own even close to all lenses for both systems I wouldn't dare to judge which system is better. But if one wants to trust Ken Rockwell, check out the Nikon 135mm f2 DC, supposed to be the world's best lens for portrait with an amazing bokeh – if you haven't tried this lens yet, you can't make a valid judgement about which system is better.
Wind your neck in sunshine…you'll be needing a tripod to rest that swollen head of yours!
That was for the swollen-headed Canon fanboy JJ BTW. Man, you have got a seriously mahousive ego to carry around son!
When you say that lens #3 'Nikon 50mm f/1.8G AF-S' is a good option for portrait photography, do you mean it is ideal for full-frame camera or crop-sensor camera? I suppose on crop-sensor camera such as D5100, it will be equivalent to 75mm lens, right? So, would it be good with full-frame or crop-sensor camera?
Similarly, is all explanation in the article for full-frame camera or crop-sensor camera?
The ideal focal length depends on the type of portraiture you intend to do. For headshots, you probably wouldn't want a 50mm lens on full-frame or APS-C but it would work well for (some) environmental portraiture. There is no one BEST focal length for, well… anything.
Sir Nikon 24-70mm 2.8 Kaisi He? Street Photography Ke Liye?
It is a brilliant lens! You cant go wrong with OEM 24-70/2.8 lenses (that said, even the third party lenses in this zoom range are excellent). Now the only thing is if you have a crop body and are looking towards 24-70 as standard lens, it mostly works, but it does not provide you with a wide angle view. If however you are looking to use the 24-70 on a full frame body, the lens is perfect! If you already have a wide angle lens and are looking to complement it with 24-70, then again you are on the perfect track. So bottom line – lens quality and performance is brilliant, target use – you need to determine!
Amateur portrait photographer here. Because of the amateur status, I don't have a lot to spend to upgrade my equipment. I'm crossing over to Canon from nikon so I have to buy all new lenses, too. Would you recommend something like a rebel t6i or should I go with an older full frame? I was set on the t6i and a great lens or two but now I'm not so sure. I really need this nailed down so that I can move on to the real fun of finding lenses. I'd be super grateful for any and all recommendations on this subject.
Do you have an idea of the style of portraits you want to pursue? If you really like shooting at wider apertures and enjoy that bokeh (out of focus background) look, you may want to get a full frame instead. Here is some reading material on that: How Crop Sensors Affect Depth of Field – https://www.borrowlenses.com/blog/crop-sensors-affect-depth-field/. Are you interested in shooting mostly with natural light or with artificial light? Full frames tend to have better light-gathering power but there are ways around this with APS-C, too (after all, you can still shoot with fast-maximum-aperture, full frame glass on a crop frame camera). With the release of the 5D Mark IV, you might be able to find good deals on 5D Mark IIIs (we're selling a few: https://www.borrowlenses.com/product/gear-for-sale/Canon_5DIII). But many people put all their eggs in the camera basket when the real investment is with lenses. If you decide to save a little money with a crop frame camera, then counterbalance that with getting a really nice portrait lens. Hope this helps!
You wont make a mistake with T6i and a Canon 50mm f1.8 and especially an 85mm f1.8 for tight headshots. Only disadvantage I see with the T6i is no microadjustment for focus.
If you have room to work, I would definitely recommend 135L. The bokeh is extremely pleasing. Although keep the light factor into consideration since at some distances, flash may not be very effective. Again it depends on the type of portrait- If you are looking for head-shots- 135L is excellent and will perfectly fit your need when you are outside. But if light is not enough and you need a flash to support, plus you are looking to take a body shot then maybe 85mm lens or even 50mm (at least f1.4, especially if you have a crop body) might be a better choice.
So could you tell us disadvantages of 50 mm??
The only disadvantage is if you're looking for features that a 50mm prime simply cannot do – namely, zoom. It can also be hard to frame well in tight spaces with a 50mm – a 35mm or wider might be better suited for interiors. So it merely depends on your subject and needs.
I found a very useful website http://onfotolife.com where you can check sample photos from a big collection of lenses and cameras!!!
Thanks for this great post. I am using Canon PowerShot G7 for my blogging use. I would definitely try the "Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM" one.
This is less a lens issue as it is a positioning issue. You will want to not shoot the group straight-on. This will create the effect of those being closest to you looking big, while those in the back look small. Get above the group (bring a small ladder) and shoot slightly down on them.
Your select camera lens are too good.
Is it Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM best for portraits photography?
It's not necessarily the BEST but it is probably the most versatile. You'll be able to shoot a lot of different subjects using just that one lens.
if you are speaking purely from portraits perspective, it is not the best. The primes listed above perform much much better than 24-70. But 24-70 is a excellent lens (probably the best of all zoom lenses) and versatile enough to give you a very good portrait result.


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CNN Radio News Day: January 31, 2013
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The crisis in Syria has long since spilled across the country's borders, with an estimated 600,000 Syrians taking refuge in neighboring countries. But the situation in this part of the world had a new twist late Wednesday, after Israeli fighter jets apparently struck a target inside Syria. CNN's Sara Sidner in Jerusalem cites unconfirmed reports from her sources that the strike was on a research facility where large missiles were being converted into smaller weapons for easier transport:
"What Israel and many many countries have been concerned about is that Syria has been handing over some of those weapons, over the border of Lebanon, into the hands of Hezbollah, a sworn enemy of Israel."
President Obama's nominee for Defense Secretary faced tough questioning today in Washington. Chuck Hagel appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee as his confirmation hearings got underway. Republicans have raised concerns about some of Hagel's past statements on topics like Israel, Iran, and the war in Iraq. But Hagel was able to make points about his world view:
"I think we need to be cautious about our power. I think we need to be wise about our power."
In 1948, the crash of a DC-3 in central California killed four crew members and 28 Mexican citizens onboard. The citizens, who had been taking part in a guest worker program, were laid to rest -unnamed – in a mass grave. Now, many decades later, the dead are getting the respect and recognition they deserved. Carlos Rascon, the director of Catholic Cemeteries for the archdiocese of Fresno, did the work to find their names:
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Q: If the given array contains one or more negative int return False. Else return True function zero_negativity(arr){

for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++){

    if (arr[i] < 0){
        console.log("False");
        break
    }
    else {
        console.log("True");
    }
}

};
zero_negativity([1,2,3,4,5]);
I would like for it to return true if there is not a single negative number.

A: You need to pass the array as a parameter.
zero_negativity(arr);

A: You have to call function zero_negativity with argument arr. Your code could be simplified:

arr = [1,2,3,4,5];

function zero_negativity(arr){
    for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++)
      return arr[i] >= 0;
}

var result = zero_negativity(arr);
console.log(result);

However, I think, your function should look like this one:

function zero_negativity(arr){
  for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++)
    if (arr[i] < 0)
      return false;

  return true;
}

console.log(zero_negativity([1,2,3,4,5])); // true
console.log(zero_negativity([1,2,0,8,0])); // true
console.log(zero_negativity([1,2,3,-4,5])); // false
console.log(zero_negativity([-4,-6,-2])); // false

A: You are not passing the array into the function - you need to change it to zero_negativity(arr) - that said, I have provided another solution to the outcome. Simply getting the min number of the array and checking that to see if its less than 0. Of course this assumes that the passed array contains numbers- if not you will need to parse the array items into numbers.

let arr = [1,2,3,4,5];
let arr1 = [1,2,3,-4,5];

function zero_negativity(array){
  let minNum = Math.min(...array);
  return minNum < 0
}

console.log(zero_negativity(arr)); // console logs false
console.log(zero_negativity(arr1)); // console logs true

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Q: Automata: 1=2, 2= 26, 3=1054, 4=5768, 5 =139314069504, 6 = ??? I am in my own Automaton (finite-state deterministic automata) research, so i have four sets of automata.
2 states automata,
3 states,
4 states and
5 states.
Input alphabet $\{0,1\}$
so...
the amount of automata for each set of states is:
$$       2^n  n^{2n}$$
   where: 2= number of state-transition function(depend on intput alphabet)
          n= number of states.

for example for 3 states:
$$    2^3 \cdot 3^{2\cdot3} = 5832 $$
by some method(computational) i get two type of automaton,
then i get the next results:
$$\begin{array}{r|rrr}
\text{states} & \text{amount of combinations*} & \text{amount of Type $B$} &  \text{amount of Type $A$**} \\ \hline
      1  &               2          &            0        &             2\\
      2  &              64          &           38        &            26\\
      3  &             5\;832        &          4\;778      &           1\;054\\
      4  &           1\;048\;576      &         991\;508     &          57\;068\\
      5  &          312\;500\;000     &       308\;737\;626   &         3\;762 374\\
      6  &         139\;314\;069\;504  &            ?        &             ?
\end{array}
$$
*Note that: amount type B + amount type A = amount of combinations per state,
** with type B and A, i mean: Isomorphic Automaton and Not Isomorphic Automaton
Isomorphic and Not Isomorphic sample:
if We have 5 automata that they are Isomorphic among them, 1 of them go to the subset of Not Isomorphic, and the another 4 to the subset of Isomorphic.
My question is if, can you help me to get the formula/way to calculate the amount of Type A or Type B, depending  by the states number?
and i am looking for the 6 states results
must be a way to know
i am pretty sure that we could get it with just a modification of this:
$$    2^n  n^{2n}$$
I have tried with Newton's method(numeric method, matrices) but didnt work(better say, I didnt get it).

A: Not exactly an answer, but maybe this observation may help you. For amount of type A you can write
$$26=2^5-2^2-2^1$$
$$1054=2^{11}-2^9-2^8-2^7-2^6-2^5-2^1$$
$$57068=2^{16}-2^{13}-2^8-2^4-2^2$$
$$3762374=2^{22}-2^{18}-2^{17}-2^{15}-2^{12}-2^{10}-2^9-2^8-2^5-2^4-2^3-2^1$$
and I suspect that for the type B you can find something similar.

A: my observation is:
1 : 2     = 2^1
2 : 26    = 2^1 + 2^3 + 2^4
3 : 1054  = 2^1 + 2^2 + 2^3 + 2^4 + 2^10
4 : 57068 = 2^2 + 2^3 + 2^5 + 2^6 + 2^7 + 2^9 + 2^10 + 2^11 + 2^12 + 2^14 + 2^15
and this does not follow any pattern


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Want a Younger Brain? Try Eating Omega-3
By Linda Thrasybule 30 May 2013
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Your brain may look and act "older" than it really is if your diet is low in omega-3 fatty acids, a new study suggests. The nutrient is often found in fish.
Researchers found that people with low omega-3 fatty acid levels had smaller brains, and did worse on tests of memory and thinking skills, compared with people who had higher omega-3 levels.
"There have been several studies that have shown that omega is beneficial to the heart," said study co-author Dr. Zaldy Tan, a geriatrician at the University of California, Los Angeles. "It may be beneficial to brain health as well."
The study is published today (Feb. 27) in the journal Neurology.
What's good for the heart may be good for the brain
As we age, our brains get smaller, and previous studies have linked brain shrinkage with declines in mental functioning, dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
According to the American Heart Association, omega-3 fatty acids boost heart health, reducing the risk of dying of cardiovascular disease. The association recommends eating small portions of oily fish twice a week (oily fish are those that contain about 15 percent healthy fat, such as salmon, mackerel, herring and sardines). Additionally, the group advises that people with coronaryheart disease eat fish daily, or talk to a doctor about adding omega-3 to their diet.
Although the study shows a link between lower levels of omega-3 and smaller brains, Tan said "it's premature to recommend that people take omega-3 just for brain health."
He said that improving vascular health by lowering blood pressure and decreasing inflammation could be one potential mechanism than explains the link, but "nobody knows for sure yet."
Vascular disease may be linked with dementia
In the new study, researchers looked at MRI brain scans of nearly 1,600 middle-aged adults with no history of dementia. Participants were part of the ongoing Framingham Offspring Study, which began in 1971.
They were given tests that measured mental function, brain volume andomega-3 fatty acid levels in their red blood cells.
Researchers paid particular attention to two nutrients found in omega-3 fatty acids, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA).
They found that people whose DHA levels were among the bottom 25 percent of the participants had smaller brains compared with people who had higher DHA levels.
They also found people whose levels of all omega-3 fatty acids were in the bottom 25 percent scored lower on tests for mental function, such as problem-solving, multitasking and abstract thinking.
"Based on this study, we see the effect fatty acids have on the brain," said Dr. Mary Quiceno, a neurologist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, who was not involved with the study.
"[Scientists] think there is a relationship between vascular disease and dementia," Quiceno said. "Vascular disease may hasten or promote the onset of Alzheimer disease."
For people who don't have dementia, Quiceno said she recommends following a diet that advocates consuming more fatty acids.
"I would suggest following a Mediterranean-style diet," she said. "The diet has been shown to lower rates of mental decline, plus there's less red meat, and more fish and olive oil, for the fat."
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Watch: The Staves Release Live Video for "Good Woman," Title Track to Upcoming Album
The Staves have released a live video for "Good Woman," the title track to their upcoming album, due February 5 on Nonesuch in the US. The video was made in London's Sunbeam Studios, directed by Olivia Eames. The Staves say: "We'd like to thank our amazing band, Glyn, Marcus, Chris and Rob, and all the crew involved for making this shoot possible whilst observing social distancing rules and keeping all of us super safe."
The Staves' first new album in six years, Good Woman was written and recorded in a time of tremendous turmoil and change for the band, between the ending of relationships, the death of their beloved mother, and the birth of Emily's first child. Produced by John Congleton, the album is a testament to the Stavely-Taylors' strength and that of other women; to sisters, mothers, and daughters; to love, loss, and change; and to trying to be a good woman. You can pre-order the album and get the title track now here.
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Composer Caroline Shaw's new album, Narrow Sea, featuring Sō Percussion, Dawn Upshaw, and Gilbert Kalish's performance of the title piece—five parts, each a new setting of a text from The Sacred Harp, the 19th-century collection of shape-note hymns—is due next Friday, January 22, on Nonesuch. Here, the artists talk with writer Matthew Guerrieri about the album, which also includes Sō Percussion's performance of Shaw's Taxidermy. Find out why she tells Guerrieri: "I was telling a friend, half-jokingly, that, in a lot of my music, I'm trying to figure out a way to talk about death and mortality, or think about it."
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Watch: Adam Guettel's 'Myths and Hymns' Presented by MasterVoices in Four-Part Digital Series
Composer Adam Guettel's theatrical song cycle Myths and Hymns, the recording of which was released on Nonesuch in 1999, is the central project of MasterVoices' 2020–21 season. In an online staging conceived by the ensemble's Artist Director, Ted Sperling—the music director of the original Nonesuch recording—new short musical films will illustrate the protagonist's exploration of Flight, Work, Love, and Faith over twenty-three episodes. The first chapter—featuring dozens of artists, including Julia Bullock, Renée Fleming, Norm Lewis, Joshua Henry, José Llana, and Kelli O'Hara—premiered last night and can be seen here. The three subsequent chapters will stream on February 24, April 14, and May 26.
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Libya is one of the driest countries in the world. There are places where decades may pass without any rain, and even in the highlands rainfall seldom happens. Less than 5% of the country receives enough water for settled agriculture.
Much of Libya's water supply used to come from desalination plants at the coast, which were used only for domestic purposes. Little was left to irrigate the land.
The aim of the project was to provide fresh water for everyone, and to turn the desert green, making Libya self-sufficient in food production.
To make that happen, the Libyan Government commissioned a massive engineering project, nicknamed the 'Great Man Made River' (GMMR), consisting of a network of underground pipes that would bring fresh water from ancient underground aquifers deep in the Sahara to the drought-suffering Libyan cities. That meant covering a distance of 4,000 km with concrete pipes 4 meters in diameter.
The most ambitious Concrete Pipeline in the world.
The Sarir-Sirt/Tazerbo-Benghazi System is designed to supply 2 million cubic meters of water from well-fields at Sarir and Tazerbo in the south of Libya to the cities on the coast. The overall length of the conveyance pipelines is approximately 1,600 km comprised of pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipe.
The Hasouna-Jeffara System is designed to supply 2.5 million cubic meters of water per day from well-fields at Jabal Hasouna to the Jeffara Plain and to Tripoli at the coast. This water flows through pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipe of 4 meters in diameter as well. The overall length of the conveyance pipelines is approximately 1,275 km.
Trelleborg supplied specially engineered O-ring profile to form a permanent flexible sealing system between the pipes. Due to the size of the concrete pipes, the sealing rubber needed to withstand enormous forces. That is why our seals are made of high tensile strength rubber. In total, we delivered 1,250 tons of sealing material.
The F-117 O-ring is a tailor-made ring, developed and produced on request. F-117 O-ring profile used for the GMMR application requires a special rubber compound as high tensile strength is required.
The joint design is based on an accurately formed groove on the spigot end of the pipe into which the O-ring is stretched.
High accuracy and consistency of the seal cross section is essential as the seal's volume is measured in a displacement tank to ensure the exact amount of rubber is used. The bulk modulus of the seal in the captive groove is used to generate a high interface pressure resulting is a high performance joint.
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Exciting Times In Tennis • Are We Going To See A Changing Of The Guard • As Federer, Nadal, Novak, Andy Age Out
By Alix Ramsay
The time is right to topple the big boys – but is the Next Gen ready?
They are like the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail – no matter what the enemy does to them, they will not give up.
As King Arthur hacks away at the Black Knight in their duel, he – quite literally – cuts his foe down to size. Yet as each limb is chopped off, the Black Knight will not admit defeat ("'Tis but a scratch, a flesh wound, I've had worse"). Finally, armless and legless, the Black Knight yells to the retreating King Arthur: "Running away are you? Come back here and take what's coming to you. I'll bite your legs off!"
So it is with Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic (if a little less bloody). No matter what the younger men, the much-vaunted Next Gen, do, they cannot stop the current and former world No.1s when it really matters.
We are a week and a half away from the start of the French Open. Normally, at this stage, Rafa would be at home in Mallorca trying to find shelf space for his most recent collection of trophies and Djoko would be doing likewise in Monaco with his bagful of runner's up plates and maybe a cup or two. And then they would march on Paris with serious intent.
But these are not normal times. Djoko has cherry-picked his tournaments since Australia – he doesn't want to be away from his family for too long and he is not allowed to bring them with him due to the pandemic – and, so far, he has harvested little fruit. He has played just three events since leaving Melbourne and Sunday's three-set loss to Rafa in the Rome final was his best result.
Rafa, too, has not had an easy time of it. He and his bad back were ushered out of the Australian Open quarter-finals by Stefanos Tsitsipas and, since then, he has played four clay court tournaments, winning two and reaching two other quarter-finals. This is not Rafa in his pomp but after a solid month on the red dirt, he feels he has struggled, he has suffered and, as a result, he has improved.
By the time he got to the Rome final, he felt that his work for Roland Garros was done. Now it was time to focus solely on the Italian Open trophy – he was aiming for his 10th – because he knew he was ready.
"In terms of preparation for Roland Garros, I consider the job done," he said before the final. "I consider done because I have been through positive process during the last month, no? I played four events. That's the main thing for me. I was able to do my full schedule. I played two quarterfinals. I won a tournament. Now a final here.
"I have been playing better, worse, but always in a positive line. I mean, playing better when the weeks are coming. Here I had I think a very tough draw and I was able to find a way to be in the final. I know I had to face some very critical moments in my second round against Shapo. That's like this. I fighted."
That is what Rafa – and Novak – do: they fight. They fight from first ball to last; they fight when they are playing well and when they are playing poorly. They fight every time they step on to a tennis court which is why, between them, they have won 38 grand slam titles. And why, between them, the Next Gen, has won one.
Tsitsipas was looking unstoppable on the clay…. until Rafa stopped him. With a newfound inner calm and confidence, he was patient and dogged to wait for his moment to come. And when it came, he was fiercely aggressive. It was the perfect balance and one that almost won him the Barcelona title (to add to his Monte Carlo silverware from the previous week). But Rafa fighted and fighted – and fighted some more – to win that final.
No matter, Tsitsipas went to Rome with hope and confidence. But there he ran into Djokovic and over the course of two days, three sets and more than three hours actual playing time, Djokovic fought and scrapped and forced his way through to the semi-final. Tsitsipas had his chances but he was not allowed to take them.
Had the weather held on the Friday and had the match been allowed to run its course in one afternoon, the Greek might well have won. Bit it didn't and he didn't.
It is one of the laws of tennis: never, ever give Djokovic time to hit the reset button. It is the biggest weapon in his armoury. Regardless of how badly he is playing, how tense and tight he may be (even serial winners get nervous), he has the facility to hit that button, wipe the memory banks clean and start again with no hint of baggage: you are the world No.1, you begin from here. That he had a whole night to hit that button just meant that Tsitsipas's chances had gone from slim to next to none. How long that loss stays with the Greek, we will only learn in Paris.
So where does that leave us? The established big boys are not at their best but, then again, neither are those in the chasing pack.
Tsitsipas may be mentally wounded; Daniil Medvedev hates clay, Andrey Rublev can be terrifying but he has never got beyond the quarter-finals of a slam and has yet to collect a Masters 1000 title. Sascha Zverev can have his moments but while he managed to beat Rafa at altitude in Madrid, Rafa put him back in his place at sea level in Rome. And then there is Dominic Thiem.
The two-time finalist in Paris has not been the same player since he won his first major title at the U.S.Open last year. A combination of mental burnout having achieved his lifetime's goal and the energy-sapping frustrations of life in the bio-bubble on tour have, it seems, has robbed him of his powers.
The lockdown and enforced time off gave Thiem the chance to relax a little and now that he is back at work, he has realised that he needs to be utterly focused, totally dedicated and working at 100 per cent capacity to get the best out of his game. And that is an exhausting way to live. Every now and then, he needs a break. But Thiem is a fabulous player (and an extremely nice bloke) and he knows that if he can get all those component parts synchromeshed together, he will be able to find top gear and start winning again. It is just that he has shown little sign of it this year.
Change will come – it has to. Whether it will come in Paris is the big question. As Thiem pointed out, the rest are getting closer and closer but taking on Rafa and Novak at a grand slam is, as yet, a step too far.
"It's way tougher to beat them, to win three sets against them, it's way more difficult of course than to win two," he said. "That's one of the big reasons. But we have a lot of finals already in grand slam tournaments. I think in the near future it's also going to happen that somebody else is going to win them."
The Black Knights of the tennis world, then, are still refusing to let anyone pass. They may have had their rough patches of late but the French Open is a grand slam and that makes all the difference in the world.
As Rafa and Novak have never been heard to say: "Come back here and take what's coming to you. I'll bite your legs off!" But that's what they mean.
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Francis Ngannou, Jingliang Li, Alex Morono and Kenan Song all received $ 50,000 bonuses for their work at UFC Fight Night 141 in Beijing.
UFC Fight Night 141 Primer: Another UFC in China! Because They Really Want to Tap That Market!
All of China's MMA stars are on the card. There's the hard-hitting Li Jingliang, there's the tough Song Yadong, there's… well, really, those two are about the only Chinese fighters who've shown any kind of skill above the regional MMA-level.
But hey, the floundering Francis Ngannou will be rematching with the steadily rising Curtis Blaydes, and even Alistair Overeem is found a slot in the co-main event.
Look, these throwaway cards meant for China and which air at 3am here in the States are important. Because if just a tiny percentage of the population gets into the sport, then that opens the door for more athletes to give the sport a try. And odds are, there's at least one Chinese version of Conor McGregor just waiting to be discovered.
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I'm not sure exactly what they normally eat in Argentina, but at UFC Fight Night 140 in Buenos Aires last night, main eventer and star countryman Santiago Ponzinibbio ate Neil Magny. He even took the time to chop him up into little pieces before devouring him.
Strangely enough, this wasn't a "gimme" fight that the UFC tossed to "Ponz" and his people. Magny is a tough customer who's only lost to the best. But good lord did Magny get torn apart.
Most of the damage with done via leg-kicks, which Ponz used to hobble his foe something fierce. But those leg-kicks weren't the only thing on the menu. There were punches, too. And the combination of strikes had Magny covering up and unable to circle out.


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JimboOmega 6 days ago | parent | favorite | on: Show HN: I wrote a book for engineers that want to...
Well I am a woman, so there is that image problem automatically.
You're right about the other bit, though. Even as the most knowledgeable and senior person on the team, I do have something of a habit of letting people who are loud derail me from my ideas (or simply talk over me), which can damage perceptions. It's a thing I try to fight every day, though.
jedberg 6 days ago
I'm curious as to what region you work in. I ask because in Silicon Valley I've seen a ton of female EMs.
In fact, my first three jobs all involved reporting to women for a good chuck of it (and they all reported to women too). Those women were all fantastic managers too. Great mentors and great empathy.
Now that I think about it, they were all promoted to management via internal promotions given to them by female managers.
So maybe one tip for you is look for an IC role that reports to a woman who is interested in mentoring you into management?
JimboOmega 5 days ago
I live and work in SF.
I don't know what magical place you work at; at the smaller (<250 people) places I've worked at, I'm the most senior woman as a Senior Software Engineer.
There are Female EMs at my current employer (enough that I can't just count them), but they are a tiny minority and I don't know of any at the level beyond that. It is a strategy I've considered, though... especially because women just seem to understand me much better.
Also a mentor or role model would be AMAZING.
mixmastamyk 6 days ago
I've seen a few women directors/VPs of engineering, they do exist. And folks are quite used to woman managers.
I tend to get talked over as well, but it's a slightly different subject. To clarify I mean that you solve problems without being asked. As they say about actions and words.
I do have a tendency to be unconfident, to ask permission, be deferential, wait for somebody to tell me to do the thing, etc, when I could just do the thing. I tend to assume what I was going to do was wrong, especially if I get any pushback. In part because what I suggest has historically automatically been dismissed, my work and effort downplayed, etc... that doesn't seem to be a problem at my current org but I'm somewhat conditioned to assume that's the feedback I'll get anyway.
Incidentally I've never seen any of those things. At most of the smaller companies I've been at I've been the most senior woman simply as a senior engineer. Reporting to a woman sounds fantastical. I know it happens; I know a couple of female EMs at my current (bigger) company. I've essentially never had a woman in my reporting chain outside who is in the engineering org. (Across 7 jobs and about 15 years of career).
I tend to dress the part anyway and have had interview candidates assume I was the manager and my EM was the IC, but it hasn't been helpful outside of that. At worst, it can cause people to assume I'm non-technical, so it's a dangerous game to play.
HeyLaughingBoy 5 days ago
I think some people really do need role models, so if you don't see any female engineering managers, it may be harder to envision yourself in that position.
That said, you do need to unlearn a bunch of stuff. You have to (at least pretend to) be confident, do things without permission, be self-motivating, etc. It's going to be very difficult to manage people and have them take you seriously if you can't get yourself to do those things.
I've been in a Technical Leadership position for about 10 years, with the last four having an explicit Manager title. If I were looking for someone to groom as an EM, that person would at a minimum have to show a strong level of initiative. You don't need to be "bossy" but you do need to be able to assert yourself while still considering alternate points of view.
I can point out some of the things you need to be, but I can't tell you how to get there.
LordFast 5 days ago
1. What type of product/service has your team been building?
2. What did you do when 10 non-permission-seeking engineers went off in different directions doing their own things?
1. We build a variety of low-power wireless devices.
2. If you're managing people you should know what they're doing, and immediately correct this behavior. I'm a big fan of the phrase "stop doing that" because, yeah, it happens. By now my team knows that they have agency, but if they deviate from the plan to let me know.
One worker acting alone, part time, is unable to tackle very large problems. At the point where the solution needs coordination, it happens.
I need to write a whole blog post about the subject of role models, but basically, yes. Even simple stuff like "how do I dress?" is hard to answer when you don't have role models. Or how do you resist people who talk over you without being seen as difficult?
You're right about unlearning behaviors, though easier said than done. I'm relatively self motivated when I'm not interfered with, but when I get negative feedback can easily get stuck in an analysis paralysis loop trying to figure out "what does my manager want me to do?" It's not a good sign when I'm spending time on the question of if I should even ask him or if that will be perceived as me not intrinsically knowing which will reflect badly on me.
And all that stressing about what my manager wants or how a given action will be perceived looks like laziness at best.
I'll admit, part of what I want out of being an EM is external validation that somebody trusts me to lead something. I've had a lot of bad experiences that really undermine my confidence and make me question myself.
An example: at my last job, I had a coworker who made it his personal mission to slow my velocity as much during code review as possible. One of the more egregious examples - he told me to consider using a regex rather than == to evaluate equality of strings. No particular reason. What resulted was an hours long argument... his main justification was that if I had just spent an hour to benchmark it we could have found out faster than the argument took.
You can imagine how when even extremely basic decisions of yours like that are routinely questioned it sucks out your confidence. The lead of that team explicitly had no interest in mediating this ongoing problem, and eventually promoted that guy to be the team lead so he didn't have to manage it. I meanwhile had to plan all my code around the times he'd be out of the office; I could get a month of work done in a week he was out, because somebody else would review my code. I got a reputation for missing estimates, but my timelines were entirely driven by code review cycles and thus at his whim and availability.
And yes, I repeatedly asked to work with literally anyone else, and it was only when I threatened to quit that anybody at the org actually made that happen.
There's a long history of stuff like that happening to me, and it means that I tend to just wait for somebody to tell me exactly how to do whatever it is, because the way I will do it will be seen as wrong. Who can forget the manager a couple jobs before who admitted to creating fake crises and yelling at us over nothing to keep us motivated?
This org is the first one that has actually respected me enough to do more, and where my manager's main complaint is that I act like I don't have any power, when I do. Everywhere else, it felt like they were really trying to make sure I didn't get any, and it's tough to unlearn.
rockostrich 5 days ago
Funnily enough, the company I'm at has struggled to hire women jr/sr ICs. Most of the women in the engineering organization are managers or higher level ICs.
Interesting. At my company, the curve of level vs gender is steep. Women are something like 5x more common proportionally at the lower levels than the higher ones.
This is apparently because of recruiting, too; we do great at recruiting from campuses, Grace Hopper, etc, and not at recruiting senior levels. Stats show women are getting promoted just as fast, we just don't get the candidates.
Do you know how you guys recruit more senior women? We'd love to know!
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One Cornell professor is getting recognition five years after his death for his work in molecular biology, particularly in genetics.
On Oct. 24, Prof. Ray Wu, molecular biology and genetics, was presented with the 2013 Ezra Technology Innovator Award. Wu died in 2008 at the age of 79.
"We use our biennial Ezra Technology Innovator Award to recognize a Cornell faculty inventor whose inventions have made significant impact," said Alan Paau, vice provost for technology transfer and economic development, at Wu's award ceremony.
Wu was born in Beijing, China and educated in the United States, earning his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in 1955. He joined the Cornell faculty in 1966.
Paau said Wu recieved the award because Wu's work is still relevant years after his death.
"If we don't recognize the impact of his many inventions now, as years go by, an opportunity may not present itself again," Pauu said at the award ceremony.
Wu led the way for many inventions at Cornell, such as his invention of synthetic stick ends — or adaptors — that allowed cloning of genes across DNA fragments. This invention "became a standard cloning approach of genes," Paau said.
Prof. Elizabeth Earle, plant breeding and genetics and a former associate of Wu's, said that Wu was an important player in creating bonds between the U.S. and Chinese scientific communities.
"Ray was a generous and modest man who fostered important links between Cornell and China," Earle said in an email.
Wu was a scientific advisor to the governments of both China and Taiwan and was influential on U.S.-Chinese cooperation in the field of molecular biology and genetics, according to a memorial website for Wu. He was also key in helping establish the National Institute of Biological Sciences, a research laboratory in Beijing, according to the website.
Wu also founded the China-United States Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Examination and Application program. The program brought more than 400 of the top Chinese students to the United States from 1982 to 1989 for graduate training and produced more than 100 faculty members in major universities or key members in industry, according to Paau.
Wu's generosity to Cornell University and the scientific community is still felt today, Paau said.
Paau also said that Wu "not only reinvested his inventor share of money back into his own research program at Cornell" but also donated his own money. Wu's trust continues to contribute his money into two programs: Cornell's graduate program in molecular biology and the genetics program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Throughout his career, Wu published 394 research papers, more than 100 of them related to gene cloning and sequencing. He also contributed chapters to 11 books, according to Paau.
"His contributions to the modern day molecular biology, especially with practical applications to address pressing agricultural challenges for food production and supply, cannot be overstated," Paau said.


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MOVIES - From THR: Scarlet Johansson drops out of playing trans character after backlash.
EMMYS - From YahooET: Sandra Oh becomes the first woman of Asian descent to be nominated in a lead actress category, either comedy or drama, at the Emmys. She has been nominated for her role in the series, "Killing Eve." The 70th / 2018 Emmy Award winners will be announced, Monday, Sept. 17th.
MOVIES - From Variety: Chadwick Boseman will produce and star in STXfilms "17 Bridges."
MOVIES - From DreadCentral: The bloom has steadily degraded on Neill Blomkamp's rose with each film succeeding his stunning debut, "District 9." After the cancellation of his "Aliens" revival, Blomkamp is now attached to MGM's "Robocop" revival.
TELEVISION - From YahooTheWrap: Angela Kang, the new showrunner for "The Walking Dead" talks about Season 9.
SCANDAL - From ThePlaylist: New sexual assault allegations have been levied against French director and filmmaker, Luc Besson.
CELEBRITY - From TIME: Sarah Palin apparently got punked by Sacha Baron Cohen in an interview.
STREAMING - From ShadowandAct: Ava DuVernay's Netflix 'Central Park Five' Limited Series Casts Michael K. Williams, Vera Farmiga And John Leguizamo
COMICS-FILM - From SlashFilm: Joaquin Phoenix apparently has really agreed to play "The Joker" in a film based on the antics of Batman's arch-villain.
CELEBRITY - From TheWrap: Shine with Reese Witherspoon.
DISNEY - From JoBlo: "Indiana Jones 5" has been moved to 2021.
COMICS-FILM - From TheWrap: A source says that Jeremy Renner has joined Blumhouse's film, "Spawn," which will star Jamie Foxx and is being directed by Spawn's creator, Todd McFarlane.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 7/6 to 7/8/2018 weekend box office was Disney/Marvel Studios' "Ant-Man and the Wasp" with an estimated take of $76 million.
CELEBRITY - From Variety: "Wonder Woman" star Gal Gadot visits a children's hospital dressed as Wonder Woman."
COMICS-FILM - From BleedingCool: Margot Robbie confirms that the Warner Bros./DC Comics film, "Birds of Prey," starts shooting in January 2018.
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From YahooEntertainment: Nancy Sinatra Sr. has died at the age of 101, Friday, July 13, 2018. Sinatra was the first of legendary singer/actor, the late Frank Sinatra's four wives. Nancy gave birth to Frank's three children, Nancy Jr., Frank Jr. (who died in 2016), and Tina.
From THR: The actor Roger Perry has died at the age of 85, Thursday, July 12, 2018. Perry was a guest star in the first season episode, "Tomorrow is Yesterday" in the original "Star Trek." Perry played a 1960s Air Force pilot who finds himself aboard the USS Enterprise. Discovered by Lucille Ball, Perry appeared as an actor and guest in numerous television series.
From Variety: Actor, singer, and gay icon, Tab Hunter, has died at the age of 86, Sunday, July 8, 2018. One of Hollywood's leading men in the 1950s, Hunter appeared in "Damn Yankees" and "Battle Cry." He had a #1 pop single, "Young Love," in 1957. In the 1980s, he experienced a career revival after appearing in John Water's film, "Polyester" (1981). He came out as gay in the biography, "Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star" (2005).
From SeattleTimes: Former NBA player, Lonnie Shelton, has died at the age of 62, Sunday, July 8, 2018. Shelton was drafted by the New York Knicks in 1976 out of Oregon State University. In his first season with the Seattle SuperSonics, Shelton was the starting power forward and enforcer on the Sonics 1978-79 NBA World Championship team.
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The words (verbs) after these modals must always be in root form which is the basic part of a verb without adding '-ing' or '-ed'.
2. Words (Verbs) after 'has', 'have' or 'had' must be in past participle form.
3. In a sentence where there are two verbs the first* verb must have the word 'had' in front of it.
Example: Eric told his father about what had happened to him.
*The first activity done / happened.
4. After these words the verb must be added '-ing'.
5. Use articles 'a', 'and', 'the' before nouns.
6. Use auxiliaries or auxiliary verbs (is, are, am, was, were) before adjective.
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In a sentence where there are two verbs the first* verb must have the word 'had' in front of it.
is it the second* verb or first* verb must have the word 'had' in front of it.
This sentence is wrong: Eric told his father about what happened to him.
It is wrong because two verbs are in the past tense form which mean they were happening at the same time. How could Eric tell his father at the same time something happened to him?
This sentence is right: Ali sang and cycled on the road.
Although there are two verbs in the past tense form, this sentence is right because 'sang' and 'cycled' was happening at the same time.
Actually the first* verb that I mean is the action that happened first, not the order of the verb in the sentence.


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Jennifer Lawrence Wore a Wedding Dress to Her Engagement Party
The actress and her fiancé Cooke Maroney celebrated their upcoming nuptials in New York City.
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Jennifer Lawrence and her fiancé Cooke Maroney are one step closer to tying the knot!
The 28-year-old Oscar-winning actress and the art dealer, 34, celebrated their engagement on Sunday at a glam event attended by their families and friends, according to a source.
Lawrence and Maroney were photographed heading to the festivities in New York City on Sunday, with Maroney wearing a blue suit, gray tie and brown leather shoes.
Styling partners Jill Lincoln and Jordan Johnson shared a photo of the actress on their Instagram page on Monday. Lawrence wore a L. Wells Bridal dress called the Juliana, which features a plunging neckline and full-length sleeves.
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Congrats to the soon to be Mrs. Perfect JL looking like a dream in the Juliana dress
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"Congrats to the soon to be Mrs. Perfect JL looking like a dream in the Juliana dress," the caption by L. Wells Bridal read.
Lawrence completed her outfit with a Roger Vivier purse, earrings from Leighton Jewels and Casadei shoes.
A rep for the actress confirmed to PEOPLE she and Maroney were engaged in February. Page Six TV first reported the news after the Oscar winner was seen wearing a "massive ring" during dinner with Maroney at Raoul's, an upscale French restaurant in New York City.
A source told PEOPLE in February one reason the pair make a great couple is that Maroney is not part of the Hollywood crowd.
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"He's a great guy," the source said. "He's smart and funny and I think really keeps her on her toes and he doesn't treat her like a celebrity like the other boyfriends did."
The insider added, "He's definitely the coolest guy she's dated. [He's] not affected by Hollywood."
In June 2018, a source confirmed to PEOPLE that they were dating (according to Page Six TV, a close friend introduced the two) and they were pictured later that month on a romantic candlelit dinner in New York City.
Then the couple jetted off to Paris and Rome in August. At the time a source told PEOPLE the couple "seemed happy, occasionally holding hands" during their Parisian trip.
This story originally appeard on People.com by Alexia Fernandez.
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The eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, was filmed in Northern Ireland, Spain, Iceland, and Canada. The debut was on Sunday, April 14 at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT).
Game of Thrones, which first aired on April 17, 2011, is broadcast in 207 countries and territories and simulcast in 194 countries and territories.
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Two – 11.6
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Four – 19.1
Five – 20.2
Six – 25.7
Seven – 32.8
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John's detailed understanding of what makes a successful city has contributed to a strong track record of effective planning applications, and has positioned him as an authority on a range of architectural issues. As Design Principal, he has achieved planning consents across many London boroughs. In Southwark, he led the design of the transformation and extension of South Bank Tower, a project which will see a previously unoccupied 1970s office tower reimagined as a vibrant mixed-use destination with new residential, office and retail. Along the Thames River in the Cities of Lambeth and Wandsworth in the dramatically developing Nine Elms area, John has achieved consents on two landmark projects, Aykon London One, a distinctive composition of residential and office space, and Market Towers, which when approved incorporated the tallest residential tower in London. Now known as One Nine Elms, the design has evolved for new owners. In Hackney, John has led the design of One Crown Place, a rich mixture of refurbishment of Georgian and 1970's buildings with new office and residential towers to recreate a busy urban block, and on a slender mixed-use office and hotel tower at Appold Street. By maintaining close design cooperation with KPF's New York office on many projects, John ensures that the firm's extensive experience and technical skills are brought to the London market.
Also in London, John has also led the design of a number of award winning office buildings. He designed the iconic transformation of Unilever House, which preserved and restored the building's historic exterior while completely renovating and modernizing the interior. The project was the recipient of over 17 awards, including MIPIM, BCO, ULI, and the AIA National Chapter Honour Award for Architecture, the Institute's highest honour. He is currently working on the transformation of the Which? Headquarters in Marylebone. John also led the designs of Sixty London, a speculative office building that responds in form to its urban context and involved the rebuilding of an original Victorian gatehouse, and the award-winning Thames Court which has a balance of dramatic spatial experiences in shared spaces, large simple workplace floors, a busy working atrium and responsive layered skylight. For MidCity Place, John paid tireless attention to the best way to draw for efficient construction, combining with a striking layered and subtly scaled design.
John's office building experience also includes the delivery of projects at Canary Wharf and Paddington Central, obtaining challenging planning permissions in the City of London, Hackney, Westminster, and further afield in Doha, Moscow, and Brussels. Additional mixed-use experience includes a large hotel and leisure project on site in Hong Kong, and a competition-winning hotel in Abu Dhabi. In addition to signature towers, his residential experience extends to low rise developments and transformation projects.
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SCE taps Tesla for 80 MWh storage project to deal with Aliso Canyon gas shortage
Southern California Edison has awarded Tesla contracts to supply 20 MW (80 MWh) of lithium ion battery storage capacity at the utility's Mira Loma substation near San Bernardino, California.
The project, expected to be operational by the end of the year, is part of an expedited storage deployment ordered by the California Public Utilities Commission in response to the Aliso Canyon methane leak that has depleted natural gas supplies for generators in the Los Angeles basin.
Upon completion, the project will be the largest lithium ion energy storage facility in operation, though fellow California utility San Diego Gas & Electric has a larger, 120 MWh battery project planned with AES and Samsung, which is expected to be operational at the end of January 2017.
Mostly confined to utility pilot projects before this year, the Aliso Canyon methane leak has helped break the dam for large-scale lithium ion battery facilities, at least in California.
In August, SDG&E received regulatory approval for two battery projects totaling 37.5 MW (150 MWh). The facilities — a 30 MW, 120 MWh project in Escondido and a 7.5 MW, 30 MWh project in El Cajon — will be constructed by AES using Samsung batteries.
Later that month, SCE unveiled a 20 MW (80 MWh) battery project to be constructed at its Pomona gas plant in the east LA Basin. That project will be built by Calgary-based AltaGas and use Greensmith batteries.
But neither of those projects are expected to be online before the Tesla project announced Sept. 15. Through the CPUC's expedited storage deployment, the company said it expects the Mira Loma project to be online by the end of the year. That would make it the largest lithium ion battery in use, at least for a time.
The contract addresses a specific request from California regulators that SCE find storage projects that could be deployed by the end of the year to alleviate localized reliability concerns stemming from the nation's worst methane leak in history. Already this year, the Los Angeles municipal utility has been cleared to burn diesel fuel in generators that typically burn gas, and CPUC Commissioner Catherine Sandoval told a regulatory conference in July it would be a "miracle" if the state made it through the year without power interruptions.
In a post on the company's site, Tesla officials said its newly-opened Gigafactory in Nevada would allow the system to be manufactured and installed in three months. The company held a grand opening of the factory outside Reno in July, though it may not be complete for months.
When in use, the batteries will charge during off-peak hours and deliver power back to the grid during times of peak demand, according to the Tesla post, reducing the demand for natural gas-generated power.
Some environmentalists hope battery solicitations and other mitigation measures taken by utilities will convince regulators that the Aliso Canyon facility is no longer needed. Storage backers, meanwhile, say the contracts show that battery technology can meet large-scale grid needs today.
"The storage is being procured in a record time frame," Yayoi Sekine, a battery analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance said in a media report. "It highlights the maturity of advanced technologies like energy storage to be contracted as a reliable resource in an emergency situation."
Correction: An earlier version of this post misstated the expected in-service date for SDG&E's battery storage projects. It is the end of January 2017, not the end of 2017.
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